Get Your Picture Made with the Easter Bunny! Crabtree Valley Mall

Crabtree Valley Mall provides shopping in an upscale environment with a unique mix of over 220 stores and restaurants including such favorites as Pottery Barn, Coach, Apple, Crate & Barrel, XXI Forever, J. Crew and Build A Bear. And don’t forget to visit their premier restaurants including The Cheesecake Factory, PF Chang’s, Kanki Japanese House of Steaks and Sushi and our newest additions, McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant, Brio Tuscan Grille and Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse. And opening in May 2009…the first LEGO store in North Carolina!

Come get your picture made with the Easter Bunny Monday – Saturday 10am-9pm • Bunny takes a carrot juice break from 1-1:30pm - & 5:30-6pm; On Sundays come out from 12 Noon-6pm • Bunny takes a carrot juice break from 3-3:30pm. Take the little ones out to be photographed with the Easter Bunny! Note: Designated Personal Photo Area Available

St. Patrick's Day Parade!

This Saturday, rain or shine, is Raleigh's St. Patrick's Day parade! It will start at noon downtown and there will be lots of festivities!

When the Parade is over the Festival Begins! The Festival is held on Moore Square in downtown Raleigh, the end of the Parade route. There will be live music and dancing. In addition, there will be a wide variety of vendor booths: Irish Organizations, Irish jewelry and other trinkets, food vendors, children's games and activities. Fun for the entire family!

The parade started in 1983 with a dozen or so enthusiastic Irish-Americans marching down Wilmington St. to the delight and curiosity of downtown residents, merchants and shoppers. The parade was organized initially by John McIntyre and Gail Massari. John and Gail kept the parade going and growing until 1988 when John was transferred to Germany. Prior to leaving for Germany they asked Raleigh's Friends of Ireland (FOI) organization to continue the work they started. The FOI board agreed to organize the parade. Frank Mellage, the current Parade Chairman, became involved with the parade at that time. He served on the Parade committee from 1989-1992 and became Chairman of the committee for the 1993 St. Patrick's Day Parade. In 2000 an independent Raleigh Saint Patrick's Day Parade Committee was formed with members from other local Irish organizations. Today the committee has grown to ten members. The 2010 Parade will the the 28th!

Be sure to go out and see the parade and partake in the festival afterwards! Have a happy and safe St. Patrick's Day!

Alice in Wonderland in 3D

Alice in Wonderland is in theatres this Friday!

From Walt Disney Pictures and visionary director Tim Burton comes an epic 3D fantasy adventure Alice in Wonderland, a magical and imaginative twist on some of the most beloved stories of all time.Johnny Depp stars as the Mad Hatter and Mia Wasikowska as 19-year-old Alice, who returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course, the Mad Hatter. Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen's reign of terror. The all-star cast also includes Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter and Crispen Glover. The screenplay is by Linda Woolverton.

Alice in Wonderland will be playing at the Wachovia IMAX Theatre at Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh beginning Friday. The film is rated PG for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillar.

For show times and ticket information visit:

http://www.imaxraleigh.org/nowshowing/?film=AI01